# Are there many songs about rainbows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 23, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589 "2023-11-23T16:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/1 "2023-11-23T16:54:21Z")
Ever since the Great Rainbow Bridge Bombing of '23 I’ve had _Rainbow Connection_ stuck in my head. As I wonder every time when Kermit asks why there are so many songs about rainbows, I wonder: _are_ there “so many” songs about rainbows? Because I’m not coming up with a lot of them. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WS3Lkc6Gzlk/maxresdefault.jpg "Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog from The Muppet Movie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3Lkc6Gzlk) [![](https://i.postimg.cc/HLPxScH5/0e291107-4389-43d0-ad16-0e89f63668e0.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/HLPxScH5/0e291107-4389-43d0-ad16-0e89f63668e0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/2 "2023-11-23T16:57:52Z")
Good question. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” is the biggie, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/3 "2023-11-23T16:58:11Z")
The most depressing song of all times is about rainbows: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CRwc_1sILkQ/hqdefault.jpg "The End Of The Rainbow - Richard & Linda Thompson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRwc_1sILkQ) ---
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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PrBUjXaRSUQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Dio - Rainbow In The Dark (Official Music Video) [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrBUjXaRSUQ) ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/5 "2023-11-23T17:09:51Z")
[The Rolling Stones “She’s a Rainbow”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va87qt0VZ2M) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/6 "2023-11-23T17:17:45Z")
Uriah Heep - “Rainbow Demon” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WzHvg7keARI/maxresdefault.jpg "Rainbow Demon (2017 - Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzHvg7keARI) ---
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Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows: > **[Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atY7ymXAcRQ%2F)** > > Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupSunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows · Lesley GoreLesley Gore Sings Of Mixed-Up Hearts℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music... ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/8 "2023-11-23T17:31:47Z")
From a few years back: > [@Songs about Rainbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rainbows/847994): > > Yes, I am watching “The Muppet Movie”, why do you ask? The big ones are Somewhere over the Rainbow (1939) & Rainbow Connection (1979). Others: [‘Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows’ by Lesley Gore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=XQmBXEZEYtg)[‘She’s a Rainbow’ by The Rolling Stones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c1BThu95d8) ‘Pocketful of Rainbows’ by Elvis Presley ‘Rainbow’ by Sia ‘Rainbow (Interlude)’ by Mariah Carey ‘Rainbowland’ by Miley Cyrus ‘Rainbow’ by Kacey Musgraves ‘Rainbow’ by Kesha Rainbow in the Dark Dio Billboard successes: Year Artist Track 1908 Frank Stanle… [‘Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows’ by Lesley Gore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=XQmBXEZEYtg) [‘She’s a Rainbow’ by The Rolling Stones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c1BThu95d8) ‘Pocketful of Rainbows’ by Elvis Presley ‘Rainbow’ by Sia ‘Rainbow (Interlude)’ by Mariah Carey ‘Rainbowland’ by Miley Cyrus ‘Rainbow’ by Kacey Musgraves ‘Rainbow’ by Kesha Rainbow in the Dark Dio Billboard successes: **Year Artist Track** 1908 Frank Stanley & Henry Burr Rainbow 1908 Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet Rainbow 1918 Charles Harrison I’m Always Chasing Rainbows 1918 Harry Fox I’m Always Chasing Rainbows 1918 Prince’s Orchestra I’m Always Chasing Rainbows 1918 Sam Ash I’m Always Chasing Rainbows 1918 John McCormack The Rainbow of Love 1927 George Olsen & His Orchestra Where’s That Rainbow? 1928 Al Jolson There’s a Rainbow Round My Shoulder 1937 Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians Rainbow on the River 1939 Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Over The Rainbow 1939 Bob Crosby & His Orchestra Over the Rainbow 1939 Judy Garland Over the Rainbow 1939 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra Over the Rainbow 1939 Dick Jurgens & His Orchestra Rainbow Valley 1943 Perry Como There’ll Soon be a Rainbow 1944 Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Rainbow Rhapsody 1946 Perry Como I’m Always Chasing Rainbows 1946 Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes I’m Always Chasing Rainbows 1946 Harry James & His Orchestra I’m Always Chasing Rainbows 1957 Russ Hamilton Rainbow 1960 Demensions, The Over The Rainbow 1960 Frankie Avalon Swingin’ On A Rainbow 1961 Deane Hawley Pocketful Of Rainbows 1961 Phill Wilson Wishin’ On A Rainbow 1962 Jimmie Rodgers Rainbow At Midnight 1963 Gene Chandler Rainbow (Studio) 1965 Danny Hutton Roses And Rainbows 1965 Lesley Gore Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows 1966 Gene Chandler Rainbow ’65 (Part 1) 1967 Box Tops, The Neon Rainbow 1967 Gunter Kallmann Chorus Wish Me A Rainbow 1968 Rolling Stones, The She’s A Rainbow 1969 Dells, The I Can Sing A Rainbow/Love Is Blue 1969 Andy Kim Rainbow Ride 1970 Marmalade, The Rainbow 1976 Leon and Mary Russell Rainbow In Your Eyes 1978 Gary Tanner Over The Rainbow 1979 Kermit (Jim Henson) Rainbow Connection 1983 Sergio Mendes Rainbow’s End 2006 Katharine McPhee Somewhere Over The Rainbow 2010 Glee Cast Over The Rainbow “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” by Judy Garland “Look to the Rainbow” from Finian’s Rainbow. From @Thudlow_Boink Rainbow Eyes - Brian Wilson Silver Rainbow - Genesis Magical Rainbow Door - L.S.U. When the Rainbow Comes - World Party Love In a Rainbow - Brian May & Kerry Ellis Rainbow in the Dark - Dio Here Comes That Rainbow Again - Kris Kristofferson The 7 Colours of the Rainbow - Mannheim Steamroller Rainbows - Madness Rainbows - Dennis Wilson Rainbows & Butterflies - Wussy Chasing Rainbows - Jenn Bostic Rainbows Will Fade - John Austin & Erin Echo Never Blame the Rainbows For the Rain - The Moody Blues ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/9 "2023-11-23T17:35:52Z")
Okay, I accept that’s a considerable number of songs about rainbows. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/10 "2023-11-23T17:45:41Z")
Looks like Kermit was right about that. So, on to the next topic: is it easy being green, or not? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/11 "2023-11-23T17:48:05Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Great Rainbow Bridge It only _mentions_ rainbows, but one cannot help but think of the most famous Rainbow Bridge: [ Kormt and Ormt | and the Kerlaugs twain Shall Thor each day wade through, (When dooms to give | he forth shall go To the ash-tree Yggdrasil;) For heaven’s bridge | burns all in flame, And the sacred waters seethe. ](https://www.voluspa.org/grimnismal26-30.htm) ---
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> [@solost](#): > > So, on to the next topic: is it easy being green, or not? I feel like the song, quite importantly, answers this question very effectively. And that is: No, and also Yes. ---
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[A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow](https://youtu.be/QwLZfPPM7GQ?feature=shared) – Mitch & Mickey (2004 Oscar nominee for best original song) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/14 "2023-11-23T22:29:40Z")
Earl Grant, _At the End of a Rainbow_. > **[At the end of a rainbow - Earl Grant HD\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCe0Y17qv5o%2F)** ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/15 "2023-11-23T23:24:08Z")
Don’t forget SWLABR. Maybe the only song with “rainbow” as part of an acronym. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/16 "2023-11-24T14:32:19Z")
Neither the Hulk, nor Martian Manhunter are very upbeat, so, no. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/17 "2023-11-24T19:30:20Z")
There’s an old Scorpions song Fly To the Rainbow from when they were a little more prog than metal: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGDefpjTqFY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGDefpjTqFY) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/18 "2023-11-24T20:19:06Z")
The first one I thought of was the theme to Reading Rainbow. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OAIW5se_cxg/maxresdefault.jpg "Reading Rainbow (Extended tv series theme song, sung by Tina Fabrique)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAIW5se_cxg) ---
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There was also a beloved UK series for tiny kids called _Rainbow_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/u9fhOPHtOtw/maxresdefault.jpg "Rainbow Theme Tune (Thames TV)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9fhOPHtOtw) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589/20 "2023-11-24T20:26:09Z")
Not quite as catchy, guess you had to grow up with it, but I like the drummer’s flex when the lyrics kick in. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589.md?page=2)